Posts by Frank Deardurff
Recharging Your Batteries
“Let’s just face it—we are busier than we have ever been. Stats show that business is up 15% and leisure time is down 30% and, in my personal opinion, that is not good.” Frank Deardurff In this fast paced lifestyle that most of us live these days, it’s always go, go, go. Eating on the…
Click Here To Read MoreA Month For Great Triumphs
August was named in honor of the first Roman Emperor because it was a month of great triumphs. Make the month of August the month you conquer your challenges. Going along with that frame of mind, Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither is our online empire. We do need to be aware though…
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Educate Yourself on Your Business Purchases And Utilizing Them TO Your Advantage. I was recently working on a woodworking project that I like to do for fun in my spare time. (Yes shocking, as it may seem, I do find that from time to time.) I realized that I needed some replacement blades and staples…
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How often should you blog? At a bare minimum you should blog at least twice a month. frank deardurff A question I’ve been asked a few times of late: “Do I need to blog? and if so how often should I post?” My thoughts are if you have a website, it is a good idea…
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This is a mistake I’ve made and am working on correcting once I determine the words I want to use. I think for starters I should probably explain what a “tagline” is. The best definition I found states it as: “Tagline – A memorable phrase or sentence that is closely associated with a particular person…
Click Here To Read MoreWebsite Challenges
An online business owner needs EVERY advantage they can get to be sure they are noticed and get their point across. frank deardurff Recently I’ve been working on a couple major site renovations, and in doing so it has brought some things to mind I thought I would share. These are just a few common…
Click Here To Read MoreHow To Grab Attention With Your Book Cover – Part Three –
Give Them A Reason Why This is the final part of the 3-part series on 3 Tips for Better Book Cover Design. —–> Click Here for “Part One”—–> Click Here for “Part Two” Something that keeps a book from getting purchased is that the reader can’t tell what’s in it for them. They’re interested in…
Click Here To Read MoreHow To Grab Attention With Your Book Cover – Part Two –
Is Your Cover Intriguing ? This is part two in a three part series on 3 Tips for Better Book Cover Design. —–> Click Here for “Part One”.—–> Click Here for “Part Three” When the potential reader DOES look at your book cover and then reads the title, will the title intrigue them to want…
Click Here To Read MoreIs Your Online Business For Real?
I think this is one of the biggest reasons why so many online business fail. It is not taking it seriously! People want the dream of working from home and making money with an online business but they don’t take themselves or their online business seriously. For many they work a full time job with…
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This affects small businesses as well as large corporations way too often we hear “that’s not my job” or “I thought YOU were doing that” and in the end nobody did it and something was overlooked. Many times I think we spend more time on titles than we do on actions. In a small business…
Click Here To Read MoreA Shortage of Change
Some things are hard to understand. As I have been venturing out, I see signs here and there stating that they have a need for change. There are a lot of theories on that and I have a few of my own but, that’s not the real “Change Shortage” I’m talking about here. I’m talking…
Click Here To Read MoreHow To Grab Attention with Your Book Cover – Part One –
The Best Way To Decide What Will GRAB Your Reader’s Attention Is To Know Who Your Readers Are! frank deardurff Does Your Cover Grab Attention? This is the first of a 3-part series created with the hope of saving you a lot of time, money, and headaches when planning your book cover design. It was…
Click Here To Read MoreWhy You’re Not Building Your Lists
We often ask ourselves, “Why am I not getting more subscribers to my list?” Or, What am I doing wrong with list building?” Before we dive into the why, let me start in with a brief explanation of what a list is. A list is simply an abbreviated way of talking about your contact list.…
Click Here To Read MoreYour Website Is More Than A Business Card
I talk to many small business owners and many of them question why they need a website. They say, “well, isn’t it just a glorified business card or just a digital flyer of my business?” The answer is, not really. Your website is more than a business card. You can, in fact use it for…
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It seems there are more and more independent consultants around these days. If you aren’t familiar with the term, …an independent consultant is a person who works or sells for a company but is not directly employed by that company. In most cases they work on a commission or percentage of the sale. This is…
Click Here To Read MoreWhat Is Mobile Friendly Design?
Whether you search the web looking for products or have a website with products of your own, you may have run across a few of the following terms: Mobile Friendly Design; a Mobile Friendly Website; Responsive Website, Fluid Design, etc. Simply put, a “Mobile Friendly Website” is one that has been designed to best fit…
Click Here To Read MoreGetting the Most From Your Programmer
What we know well is easy for us to understand but the person sitting next to you maybe looking at you like you’re talking a foreign language to them. Frank Deardurff I talk to a lot of business owners and something I hear frequently from them is, “How do I get more from my programmer?”…
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Once you’ve cleaned up your computer, perform a fresh backup so you can go back to a clean version if anything catastrophic happens in the future frank deardurff One of the biggest New Years Resolutions is to improve our health. Whether it is to lose weight; get more sleep; get more exercise. All of those…
Click Here To Read MoreAvoid Opt-in Form Abandonment
I was recently asked how many form fields is too many on an opt-in page/form. A similar question is, are there form fields that will cause opt-in form abandonment? To answer that, we need to look at a few different things. It’s hard to give a global answer for everyone. What I will say is…
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Since I’m an online entrepreneur and web developer, I spend A LOT of time online. This also means I use the Internet a lot when corresponding with other people and businesses. Something recently has annoyed me, and I want to make sure this does not happen to you. What I’m talking about is lost opportunities.…
Click Here To Read MoreSecrets To Avoid Buffering In Your Business
We stall for a short time; our wheels are spinning and we’re waiting for something to happen frank deardurff Generally, the term buffering applies to video streaming but I feel that it can apply to your business as well. In explaining what buffering is I’ll also explain how to avoid buffering in your business. Buffering…
Click Here To Read MoreAre You Making Them Work To Hard?
Give Them Great Customer Experience Even When They Cancel frank deardurff When building your business, you usually think about what is best for your customers. What will attract them to your store or services? You may also think about stick strategies, such as what will make them become a repeat buyer or utilize your service…
Click Here To Read MoreAre You Wasting Traffic?
People say traffic is one of the most important things you need for your online business. While I agree to a point, it does no good if there are no parking spots, and you miss out on the traffic! Allow me to explain—you do need to send traffic to your online business. It’s not just…
Click Here To Read MoreEmail Improvement Tips
Contrary to what many are saying, email is not dead! Here are just a few email tips to improve your end user’s experience with your messages. A confusing email subject line can be a big issue. Don’t try to be to clever. Just get the point across, but intrigue them enough to get them to…
Click Here To Read MoreYour Website Needs An Audit!
It’s important to check your website and automated systems to make sure everything is working like a fine tuned machine Scheduled Tune-ups You take your car in for scheduled tune-ups and to get the oil changed. Why don’t you do the same to your sources of income, your website? It’s just as important (maybe more…
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Weather in Indiana has been interesting this year so far as we’ve transitioned in and out of spring and even a day that has felt more like summer. While driving down the highway and experiencing an unusual mid-April snow, I witnessed a small bird giving its all to fly into the wind without any headway.…
Click Here To Read MoreGet Your Emails Opened!
You REALLY need to choose your words wisely at this point or your message never gets opened and it ends up in the trash frank dearfurff Just as first impressions are important so are the first words of your email if you want to get more emails opened. In our fast paced world getting to…
Click Here To Read MoreImportant WordPress Username Tip
“The fact is that most hackers prey on sites that are outdated or left ‘as is’ after installation. They know exactly what to look for to get into those untouched websites.” Frank Deardurff As more and more websites use WordPress as their builder platform, it seems that hackers try harder and harder to find loopholes…
Click Here To Read MoreHousekeeping For Your Website
Most of us have heard the terms “just sweep it under the rug” or “put it off for a rainy day”. But as we all find out, that’s just not good housekeeping. I’ve written a few times about different website tips, but one of the most important articles I have written is this one on…
Click Here To Read MoreResource For Background Images
Here’s is a resource I’ve located recently and I think it might be useful to you for your business or website. When I’m working on a website project, and I’m building it with different information panels as you scroll down the page. To break up these sections I wanted to add a subtle pattern to…
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